Tag: monopoly
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#MorningMonarchy: October 6, 2026
Smart glasses, game remakes and nighttime access + this day in history w/peer-reviewed anonymous internet vigilantes and our song of the day by Kuntwork on your #MorningMonarchy for Shocktober 6, 2026.
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#MorningMonarchy: August 17, 2018
Dad rock, joystick jazz and the Queen of Soul + this day in history w/the Québec Conference and our song of the day by Trevor Moore on your Morning Monarchy for August 17, 2018.
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Chocolate Titans in fresh Antitrust Lawsuit for Alleged US Price Fixing
from confectionerynews.com: The Associated Wholesale Grocer (AWG), a retailer-owned cooperative that supplies retail member stores, brought the action in the District Court in Kansas through law firm Stueve Siegel Hanson LPP. Hershey et al. are already defendants in an on-going class action law suit in Pennsylvania Federal Court, which consolidates around 80 separate cases alleging…
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‘Food Safety’ Bill Reaching Congressional Conclusion
Senate Bill 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, has been called “the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of America.” It would grant the U.S. government new authority over the public’s right to grow, trade and transport any foods.
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more food safety news: beef, babies, nuts & budgets
should we care about genetically modified foods?*seed monopolies: the warning signs were there*failure to declare leads to recalls*west missouri beef recalls 14,000lbs*more melamine-tainted milk found in china*baby formula recalled in middle east*usda releases study on peanut industry*washington to ban bpa in food containers for kids*obama boosts fda food safety in fy2011 budget*
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monsanto muscles out competition in seed business
from allgov: With a near monopoly over the biotech gene market covering soybeans and corn, Monsanto has been able to dictate the terms of business for rivals who use the agribusiness’s genetically modified seeds. After obtaining confidential contracts, the Associated Press found that Monsanto—whose patented genes are found in 95% of all soybeans and 80%…
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monsanto’s control over seed market draws antitrust inquiry
patented seeds are go-to for farmers,who decry their fast-growing price … from washington post: For plants designed in a lab a little more than a decade ago, they’ve come a long way: Today, the vast majority of the nation’s two primary crops grow from seeds genetically altered according to Monsanto company patents. Ninety-three percent of…